Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-43-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-43-2020
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30 Oct 2020
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Chronic prosthetic joint infections with a draining sinus. Who should receive suppressive antibiotic treatment?

Karel-Jan Lensen, Rosa Escudero-Sanchez, Javier Cobo, Alex Soriano, and Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker

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